The Evil Dead fingerprintRelentless energy, striking style, emotionally cool.
Brutally violent and terrifying
Fast from start to finish.
Nostalgic
Serious throughout
Faith and meaning
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction
Standout sound design
Brutally violent and terrifying
Fast from start to finish.
The Evil Dead is brutally violent, terrifying, and thrilling.
Nostalgic
Emotionally, it's nostalgic.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
Faith and meaning
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around faith and meaning. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction
The direction stand out.
Standout sound design
Look and sound: the sound design stand out.
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The Evil Dead is included with a subscription to HBO Max in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Fawesome. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 78/100 (IMDb 7.3, Rotten Tomatoes 85%, and Metacritic 71). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NC-17 in the United States. Content advisories: violence, nudity, disturbing imagery, and strong language.
1 h 25 min
The Evil Dead runs 1 h 25 min.
Yes. Critics average 78 and audiences 79 out of 100, so both groups see The Evil Dead much the same way.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $350,000 to make and earned $29 million worldwide, 84.0 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+75GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Evil Dead in 89 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 59 storytelling tropes for The Evil Dead, including Eye Scream, All Just a Dream, Foreshadowing.
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